A stone slab with a grinder for eyebrow makeupHan dynastywith a fitted box,the slab 17.3cm long, the grinder 3.0cm long (2).Provenance: Provenance:C. C. Teng, Taipei, no.003107 (label)漢 雙獸鈕黛硯 及盒傳承：臺北慎德堂，編號003107（標簽）This type of inkstones are usually of long and thin slab, made of stone. It is used by women to grind a mineral calleddai for eyebrow makeup during the Han dynasty, hence it is often calleddai yan, meaning, inkstone fordai. In early Han dynasty, inkstones for writing and for makeup function similarly, however differ in terms of their target gro: one for scholars and officials, and the other, women. As a result inkstone for writing are usually larger than that for eyebrow makeup.pare with similar ink-slabs, see the collections of Luoyang Jinshi Wenzi Museum, on their homepage.黛砚，多为石质，较薄，似板状，呈长方形，由于可用来研磨黛石，是古代美人们画眉时的必备品。古人画眉的颜料，来自一种叫石黛的青黑色矿石，古人往往将石黛放到黛砚上，捣成细粉，然后用水调和，用以描眉。汉早期的石砚与黛板无本质区别，但受衆用途不同。石砚用于官仕隶匠研墨作书写、绘画之用，而黛板则用于妇人研色作描眉之用。故石砚稍大，而黛板略小。類似黛硯，若干可見洛陽金石文字博物館藏，見官網主頁。